<p><em>MANATEE COUNTY</em> - A Bradenton company bought a 12,712-square-foot office building on State Road 70 for $2.2 million.</p><p>The buyer of the property at 8640 State Road 70 E. was Pitch Pine LLC, a Bradenton company managed by Kerri L Dowdell.</p><p>The seller was Ranch Lake Investors LLC, another Bradenton company managed by Hazel Ford.</p><p>Ford's company paid the same price -- $173 per square foot -- for the building at the height of the real estate boom in January 2005.</p><p>Office space has been changing hands in Southwest Florida with growing frequency.</p><p>Last month, a Port Charlotte company signed its fourth office condo deal during April, snapping up 27,297 square feet at the Lake View Office Park in Venice for $1.5 million. Golden Key Properties LLC bought the space at 421 Commercial Court.</p><p>Earlier in April, Golden Key bought 34,000 square feet of office condo space at 2555 N. Toledo Blade Blvd. and 2580 Commerce Parkway in North Port for $1.15 million.</p>